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Lord of the Rings Chrome Theme 16 Nov 2011 | 08:38 am
Theme No.2. After the Doctor Who theme I decided to create one a bit more relaxing for the eyes. Behold, green: Please enlarge the picture and see how the theme toolbar joins with the tab background,...
Doctor Who Chrome Theme with David Tennant 15 Nov 2011 | 11:18 am
I'm not only an opera buff, I also enjoy sci-fi and fantasy. I've been trying to find a Doctor Who Chrome theme, but couldn't find any that would suit me, so I decided to create my own. Feel free to t...
Our Dear Minister of Culture 7 May 2011 | 09:10 am
If you google "kultura v čr", this picture comes on the first page... We have a very special Minister of Culture. A dentist by education, a president of an ice hockey club and a hotel manager by prof...
Prague State Opera: Nobody Knows Anything 22 Apr 2011 | 10:53 am
Apparently, not even the Minister of Culture. As this is a topic important for foreign visitors to Prague and has already driven attention abroad, I decided to try and summarize the issue. History ...
"Gorby 80" 17 Apr 2011 | 02:44 am
User maraeincognitum61 has uploaded the whole gala concert celebrating Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday (with Russian translation) to YouTube. I'm also being told that it will be available on Medici ...
To Gorby With Love 28 Feb 2011 | 05:30 am
Mikhail Gorbachev is celebrating his 80th birthday with style. As long as "style" means an opulent event hosted by Kevin Spacey and Sharon Stone, featuring a mixed bag of performers ranging from Paul ...
State Opera Prague to Be Merged with the National Theatre (?) 29 Jan 2011 | 07:58 am
The incumbent Artistic Director of the National Theatre Opera, Jiří Heřman (by the way the director of the wonderful Miracles of Mary), is to be replaced by a congenial 30-year-old Slovene by the arti...
Jiří Bělohlávek - New Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic (Hooray!) 23 Dec 2010 | 01:35 am
The Ministry of Culture confirmed that the world-renown conductor Jiří Bělohlávek would become the Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The contract is to be signed later today (Dec 22...
Director of Prague State Opera resigned, future of the house uncertain 21 Dec 2010 | 11:17 am
Second economy-related post today. Oliver Dohnányi, the General Director of the Prague State Opera House, resigned today, after a "friendly agreement" with the Minister of Culture, Jiří Besser, M.D. A...
Czech Philharmonic must economize, Hvorostovsky cancelled 21 Dec 2010 | 09:22 am
According to the Ministry of Culture, the Czech Philharmonic must "completely change its economy management". The audit doesn't report any fraudulent activities, rather incompetency of Mr.Riedlbauch a...
